News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-12-29
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weeds that would Otherwise start "
early in the spring.
Girdling grape vines IS occas onaily
resorted to as mons OF producing
arce clusters for exhibition. French
,rroycr, ri i'm that i docs not injure
elSl,er vine Or fruit.
NJ. Gu ;hman, of tle ONO Horticul-
tural Society, SAYS: There is no other
berry that can be pan. cd IN or sec
ton of the country that l think will
bring as much money to the grower a
the early harvest blackberry.
PHI, Springer a sert5 in the Nes0 Eng
laad Farmer that men may ''lN "l,u WI! .t'
Of the sheep ard Wool lhtc' ta anu ,l tnt
horse interest, but the TACT remains 'na'
nothing on the farm can DC raised at
greater profit than COED hoSs'
Farmers do not yet fullyappreciate the
voIun of wood ashes or they would not
sell them TO SOAP men, but would spread
them upon moving lands or apply them
to growing eros. They contain all the
essential 1,:organic elements OF plants.
5Eorps Dojy,9aan thinks that dairy
COW can as well cat fifty pounds OF COCO
cnsilage a day as not, without alectins
the quality and stability OF the butter
and thinks it quite as we'll as twenty
five pounds day, with hay for the bal
ance.
saw Iaroe sweet aid northern varieties.
and thinning, or planting the rows far
enough apart to allow free cultivation
md = decree of sunlight, a much less
omount Of water exists to be hauled,
handled, and sliced.
With the help of len manure spadel
into the ground before laating, and OF
muriate Of potash and nitrate of soda APP
nlied on top, after Planting, we have
crown Golden Heart celery this season,
avs the editor of Orchard and GarIen
that would take the premium for boil
size and quality at any fair.
A Minnesota grain grower says thai
anv farmer can have good seed if lie vii
constantly practice careful selection. Il
he snrinr OF 1882 he procured from
dcale. fifteen kernels of Welcome oat
for trial. lie has raised four crops from
these oats, and their produce, the las
giving him ia bushels, machin,
measure, and they are the heaviest oat
III the market
| An exchange remarks that when tree
or shrubs are set in habitually DIR,
ground. a pail or two of water, applied
/ when the trees are Ilanted and wher
! the hole is two thirds filled in, will bt
! beneficial. If the hole be then fl lee
with loose earth, and mulch of straw
/ added, the roots will lie likely to keer
/ moist throughout the season, and thu
e ound will not become packed on thu
surface.
According to writer in the Rura
! writ, sheep are among the best kind:
of stock to kcerin orchards: After
little practice thy will pick up the
fallen fruit quicker than hogs, and this
is often very imp; tant, as the cooling
moth worm geneally leaves the apple
soon after it dro,s. But with eithe
sheep or hogs, sufficient food must bc
supplied or the ,rces will be barked
The food thus given goes, however
where it VII lie likely to do the mos
good in the prediction Of the larges
AID fairest fruit.
An orchardist vers that the form il
which an apple tire is trained has mucl
to do with Its eaiy or late coming into
! bearing. The tees which grow yer.
erect, as the Norhern Spy, are very SLOW
! in becoming productive. This uprigh
/ growth may be corrected by cutting on
the centre VIII lie yung and bending tn
outer branches slightly. As soon as
branch begins to lear it is naturally ben
down by weight of fruit, and this con
tinues the productfe la5it, In the de
pendent branches tie flow of sap is some
what checked, AM this insures tn
J formation of fruit lids